School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation.
Summary
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school boardto permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondaryschool in the local school division who provides acceptable proofof identification, including any current student identification cardor other school document such as a report card or a personal schoolemail address, and who signs up at least 12 hours in advance of thescheduled start of a school board meeting or is physically presentat a school board meeting to submit oral comments during any publiccomment or citizen participation portion of such meeting.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 4, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2024
How they voted
38–2
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
16
Committee
10
Amendments
6
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB253E
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
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